sharing my Oath experience at the Brooklyn courthouse.
scheduled for 8:30am. you can take subway there but we decided to drive and paid $14 for an all day pass about two blocks away. Got in about 7:45am. went through security. cellphones are not allowed so we checked it in. went up to second floor and partner was told to go to third floor and wait in the cafeteria. went in and sat down. had to sit in the sixth row as there were a lot of people in there already. people kept coming in till about 9:15am and the whole room got filled up. about 229 people. we just sat around and people kept giving us things. packet filled with info, message from the president, passport application form etc., citizen's almanac, guide to the constitution, voters registration form which i filled up right there and there. we had to go up row by row, went to one table, handed in the oath, described any changes after interview (if there were), then on to next table, looked at naturalization certificate, checked for errors and signed (i signed like i do on all my credit cards and all other documents). then went back and sat down. while the rest of the room went through the process i filled out my passport application (bring a book if you can, it gets boring). then we waited for judge. the main officer tried entertaining us by telling us what countries were represented and how many and another lady spoke to us about filing a complaint in case we faced any discrimination (i thought: welcome to america, here's how to file a compliant...lol).
then the families were brought in and were scattered all over the room. judge walked in, we raised our right hand and said the oath of allegiance, then put our hand on our heart and said the pledge of allegiance and sat down. the judge gave a short speech about his own story which was very nice. my boyfriend thought this was the best part of what he saw. then we quickly went row by row and picked up our naturalization certificates and walked out. tonight i party a a newly minted American citizen!
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